Lamentations 4:2

Look at how the precious people of Zion, worth their weight in gold, are now valued like cheap clay jars made by a potter!

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The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!

In Context

1How gold has tarnished! Even pure gold has lost its shine! Jewels from the Temple have been scattered on every street corner.

3Even jackals nurse their young at their breasts, but the women of my people have become cruel, like an ostrich in the desert.

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Cross References

Isaiah 30:14You will be smashed like a clay pot, broken into such tiny pieces that there won't be a big enough piece to pick up coals from a hearth or a little bit of water from a well.

Jeremiah 19:11Tell them, This is what the Lord Almighty says: I'm going to smash this nation and this city, just like a clay jar is smashed so it can't ever be repaired. People will bury their dead in Topheth until it's full.

Lamentations 2:21The dead, young and old, lie together in the dust of the streets. My young men and young women, have been killed by the sword. You killed them when you were angry; you have slaughtered them without mercy.

Hosea 8:8Israel is swallowed up; among the nations they are like something nobody wants.

Romans 9:21Doesn't a potter have the right to use the same batch of clay to make both a decorative bowl and an everyday pot?

2 Timothy 2:20A stately home doesn't just have cups and bowls made of gold and silver. It also has ones made from wood and clay. Some are made for special use; others for more commonplace functions.

Matthew Henry on Lamentations 4:2-13

Desolate Condition of Jerusalem; Effects of Famine in Jerusalem; Destruction of Jerusalem. ( b. c. 588.) 1 How is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street. 2 The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter! 3 Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches… Read the whole commentary →

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